March 17th - Early morning sky from Pennyfield Lock parking area |
Great Falls from Olmsted Island |
Across the river at Great Falls |
A water channel at Great Falls on the Potomac |
A water channel at Great Falls on the Potomac |
Swains lock in the distance |
Winter scene |
Rounding a cliff and a bend in the canal |
Runner on the trail |
The Great Blue Heron amidst the Spring flowers |
The Great Blue Heron |
The mallard couple |
The vultures |
March 3rd - Taylors Landing on a foggy morning |
The sun trying to break out behind the fog |
Foggy at the start of the hike |
Lightening of the fog |
A section with clearing sky |
Invitation into the mysterious woods |
Twisted and tortured creatures of the woods |
Fog |
Fog over the river |
Sunshine breaking through |
Stop Lock |
Downstream of Dam 4 on a foggy morning |
Potomac river upstream of Dam 4 |
Dam 4 |
Dam 4 on the Potomac |
Dam 4 on the Potomac |
After the fog |
On the trail |
After the fog |
Feb 18th - On the trail at Weverton |
Canal bed with railroad tracks beside it |
Route 340 bridge across the Potomac |
Initial sighting of Harpers Ferry from the trail |
CSX tracks across the canal |
Harpers Ferry across the river |
English Ivy on trees on the trail |
Potomac river at Harpers Ferry |
Trail to Maryland Heights |
Rebuilding of the road next to the canal |
The trail at Harpers Ferry |
The Potomac upstream of Harpers Ferry |
Freight train on the West Virginia side of the river |
Freight train on the West Virginia side of the river |
Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry |
Steeple of St. Peters Catholic Church in Harpers Ferry |
Near lock 33 |
A boat hidden in the reeds on the canal |
Cedar Waxwing |
Cedar Waxwing |
Beside the railroad tracks |
In the sunshine |
Lead engine on the freight train |
The freight train |
The freight train |
Helper engines in the middle of the freight train |
Freight train at Weverton |
Freight train at Weverton |
Tail end of a freight train at Weverton |
Gone! |
Jan 7th - At Sycamore Landing early in the morning |
A soft mist |
Morning mist |
Morning light |
The morning light on the trail |
A fallen fruit on the trail |
The pond near Rileys Lock |
Sycamore trees |
Near the entrance to the Golden Horn |
The trail |
The trail |